Volume 42, Issue 3 2000535
Review

Synthesis of Sustainable Polyesters via Organocatalytic Ring-Opening Polymerization of O-carboxyanhydrides: Advances and Perspectives

Jianqun Wang

Jianqun Wang

Key Laboratory of Polymer Ecomaterials, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5625 Renmin Street, Changchun, 130022 P. R. China

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Youhua Tao

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Youhua Tao

Key Laboratory of Polymer Ecomaterials, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5625 Renmin Street, Changchun, 130022 P. R. China

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First published: 26 November 2020
Citations: 23

Abstract

Sustainable polyesters can be furnished via ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of O-carboxyanhydrides (OCAs). Various catalysts, especially metal-based catalysts, are devised to achieve controlled ROP of OCAs. In the following mini review, the recent progress on the organocatalytic ROP of OCAs, including the usage of thiourea-based bifunctional single-molecule organocatalysts for eliminating epimerization in OCAs polymerization is summarized. Moreover, the future development of the organocatalytic ROP of OCAs for the synthesis of sustainable polyesters will be discussed.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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